Acetyl chloride → 4-Bromo-2-fluoro-benzimidic acid ethyl ester hydrochloride

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A suspension of 4-bromo-2-fluorobenzonitrile (25.0 g, 125 mmol) in IMS (88 mL) at 0-5° C. and treated dropwise with acetyl chloride (71 mL, 1 mol) maintaining the temperature below 10° C. The reaction vessel was sealed and the mixture stirred at RT for 18 h before concentrating in vacuo. The resultant residue was triturated in diethyl ether to give 4-Bromo-2-fluoro-benzimidic acid ethyl ester hydrochloride as a white solid (20.3 g, 57%). 1H NMR δ (ppm) (DMSO-d): 7.93-7.88 (1H, m), 7.85-7.76 (1H, m), 7.72-7.64 (1H, m), 4.60 (2H, q, J=7.02 Hz), 1.47-1.38 (3H, m).

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